194 CHAPTER XVI -- TERRESTRAINER (1/2)

Wow. Look at how small the ground is.

Ummm, yeah, .......

Oh, you don't like heights, do you, Hermann?

No, it's not like that.

Now we were traveling on the back of a dragon.

To the Kingdom.

A kingdom. To attend the wedding of a princess and a brave man.

We're going for speed, so we're going to get tossed off and it won't be a comfortable ride, but we can use non-attribute magic, so that's not a problem.

No way... I never thought I'd actually end up riding a dragon to the kingdom.

Yeah. What's surprising is that the former Dragon King was more cooperative.

Now we're riding on the back of Gil, Guillé's parents.

It's one size bigger than Guile.

”The weak must follow the strong. It was a very strong leader, though.

When we got close enough to talk to Guile... he asked to speak with the former dragon king, so I went to see him.

Then he asked me to fight him, and we ended up fighting.

Well, I won. Guillotine had more experience than me, so the fight was harder.

Then Gil said he'd be my man.

That helped me make a deal with Guile.

No, no, no, you were able to talk to Guile originally. Well, your father's words have made him more cooperative.

The weak should follow the strong. Is that the rule for dragons?　When he said that, Guile suddenly became very quiet.

Guile, I felt like my father was the one who was supposed to do it.

Yeah, I know. And I'm sorry that I separated you from your father.

Oh, is that King's Landing, by any chance?

Yeah ...... the royal capital, both in terms of map and in terms of what it looks like.

Yeah. Well, just land in the center of the royal city.

All right. We're gonna get loud.

SIDE: Kite

Haha. ......

I sighed heavily as I sat in Elaine's room looking out.

'That sigh was for the wedding?　Or will it work out with the Imperial emissaries?

It can't be against the wedding.

The messenger of the Empire. Léonce Muldaine. ...... What's he like?

A key player in the next war, and now the preliminaries are about to begin.

How can I not be nervous.

I don't know. You know what?　I don't want you to be vulnerable under any circumstances, okay?　Do you know what this means?

I know. I am the symbol of the kingdom's power. If I lose, the country loses.

Don't get too worked up about it, though: ......

Oh, my God!

Just as Hélène was about to say something, the knight in Hélène's direct image rushed into the room.

''What in the world is going on?　The Imperial emissaries have arrived?

No, if that was all there was to it, we wouldn't be in such a hurry.

''An imperial emissary has suddenly appeared out of the sky on a dragon!

From the sky with a dragon?

What?　What are you talking about?

Believe it or not: ......

I'll go check it out.

If that's true, that's a big deal.

We're gonna have to see this thing with our own eyes.

”Wait!　I'm going with you!

When they stopped me, I jumped out the window with Elaine in my princess hug.

”Ugh, you're kidding me. ...... It's really a dragon.

From the roof of the castle, there are indeed two large dragons ...... that I can see.

And at their feet are the messengers of the Empire.

That's the dragon....... I don't have the confidence to take down two of them, even now.

Even the dungeon boss wasn't that big.

I don't think I'd be able to fight that thing unless I could beat the last boss of a dungeon on a higher difficulty level.

I'm not sure two of them would make a good fight.

Of course not! One dragon usually destroys half the country, right?　I can't believe you're taming it: ......

So the rumors about Leons being able to defeat the dragon were true .

Then the kingdom's chances of winning are really slim.

With the information Elaine got, the Empire doesn't want to go to war, right?